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we have taxed alcohol for a long time. it is not at all out of all oute ordinary to tax products with negative side effect. >> a consulting firm has been hired by the beverage companies to fight the tax. >> they simply have the effect of raising the cost of living open working people and on small businesses. they have no material effect on the ability of people to lead healthy lifestyles. >> the firm helped defeat a soda tax across the bay in richmond and he thinks san francisco voters will respond the same. >> san francisco folk have other priorities that are much higher on the agenda that placing a tax on beverage sugar on the ballot. >> here is a sample of what we heard this morning. >> it is an should have personal responsibility. penalizeing through taxation is teach. >> if it works and they show it reduces soda drinking, that would be good. >> he plans to propose the idea to the board of supervisors today. the goal is to get it on the ballot for the voters next year. >> this story is generating a lot talk including s
we have taxed alcohol for a long time. it is not at all out of all oute ordinary to tax products with negative side effect. >> a consulting firm has been hired by the beverage companies to fight the tax. >> they simply have the effect of raising the cost of living open working people and on small businesses. they have no material effect on the ability of people to lead healthy lifestyles. >> the firm helped defeat a soda tax across the bay in richmond and he thinks san...
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ears popped up because that means tax my community. i'm a property owner and the games, you know, that i have seen here is that everyone that was working with a redevelopment agency was part of the redevelopment agency are not all in the department and they're singing the same tune. the same tune is being sang, and you need to investigate. you need to get documented for yourselves and read for your sexes because when he talked about the 75 -- the housing being destroyed and western division, i like no know where were they? the last time anything was destroyed here in san francisco was when we had the earthquake and i like to know information period because talking and if you believe all the talk that you hear, we're not going any place because of the fact even building the houses in huntis point, if you buy a house up there, you can't even get insurance because you won't be able to dig in the ground to make flowers or make vegetables because the shipyard is a super site not a brown site. what's his name, who is the boss giving out -- m
ears popped up because that means tax my community. i'm a property owner and the games, you know, that i have seen here is that everyone that was working with a redevelopment agency was part of the redevelopment agency are not all in the department and they're singing the same tune. the same tune is being sang, and you need to investigate. you need to get documented for yourselves and read for your sexes because when he talked about the 75 -- the housing being destroyed and western division, i...
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and then the last is increasing sale's tax by another half percent and so taken together the 15 year totals in today's dollars are particular $3 billion. we know this is a huge list that the voters are being asked to shoulder this investment, but we do believe that the investment into transportation that has never been done before are warranted and are timely. and then the third recommendation is for us to continue to seek additional funding. we do know and as identified in the ta's transportation plan that there are other regional state and federal venues. there are cap and trade revenues, there's potential for toll increases that we can share in san francisco and we continue to recommend that our city leaders work together in order to further those potential revenue sources. >> we have a question from commissioner breed. >> yes, i wanted to know if there were any -- did you explore any increases in developer fees for the transportation component? >> yes, we have taken a look at developer fees. many fees, impact development fees are restricted to the area and only can be used for ne
and then the last is increasing sale's tax by another half percent and so taken together the 15 year totals in today's dollars are particular $3 billion. we know this is a huge list that the voters are being asked to shoulder this investment, but we do believe that the investment into transportation that has never been done before are warranted and are timely. and then the third recommendation is for us to continue to seek additional funding. we do know and as identified in the ta's...
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. >> i want to make sure we're thinking about sale's tax revenue. for me that's what it comes down to, particularly in the commercial district. i ask that the staff might consider looking at sale's tax revenue and how they look overtime because you think ultimately that's what we're after. not so much the parking revenue, but the sale's tax. >> we haven't engaged a -- i think that's extremely important and we're going to have a joint meeting with the small business commission in a few weeks. i think that's going to be one of the things that we'll hear from them and their constituents as well. it's important in what we're doing. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> is there any chance that we'll have some of that sale's tax data before we meet with the small business commission? >> no. i don't know if our contract is in place. sale's tax data is available on a quarterly basis. i don't know we'll have that. there is data from other cities that we've reviewed though it's hard to make comparison across cities and sometimes the proposed projects aren't compar
. >> i want to make sure we're thinking about sale's tax revenue. for me that's what it comes down to, particularly in the commercial district. i ask that the staff might consider looking at sale's tax revenue and how they look overtime because you think ultimately that's what we're after. not so much the parking revenue, but the sale's tax. >> we haven't engaged a -- i think that's extremely important and we're going to have a joint meeting with the small business commission in a...
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the tax comes even so. ha happens -- when you have a go bond, my neighbors pay twice as much as i do, but sometimes ten times as i do on the same house because you've owned our house over 40 years so that's not equitable. we can't get around prop 13, but here we use parcel tax. that works for a schools. no one yells and screams about it because the bank of america doesn't pay anymore than i do. they give a 50 percent discount for the seniors. no one screams about it, but it can raise a method of the amount of money every year and people might people comfortable in san francisco paying for the schools and they might feel comfortable paying for their transportation. that's my only thought for today. >> next speaker. >> jerald coffin. >> i was going to talk about comparing what you and your director put out early this year with the break down today. but from what i heard, i want to say something different. i think that this task force is shooting too short term and too low. we just heard monique say that san f
the tax comes even so. ha happens -- when you have a go bond, my neighbors pay twice as much as i do, but sometimes ten times as i do on the same house because you've owned our house over 40 years so that's not equitable. we can't get around prop 13, but here we use parcel tax. that works for a schools. no one yells and screams about it because the bank of america doesn't pay anymore than i do. they give a 50 percent discount for the seniors. no one screams about it, but it can raise a method...
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people are seeking the millions act property tax and that's encouraging. that in terms of the design guideline recommendation. this is an example of 750 second street a project that the task force felt was a again example of incorporating design guidelines and how they can benefit new construction within a historic district this was a project that was second-degree murder by the department staff as an example of construction. with that i'll turn it over to andrew >> thanks mike and thank you, president and commissioners for taking the time to listen to us. so my name is andrew i'm a land use attorney. we do a lot of sequa issues and a lot of preservations. it was a pleasure to be part of this. i drew the short straw so i get it wade through the sequa provisions. we're all familiar with sequa inlick most local zoning maps and things their all initiated on a local basis. sequa is a state law but the actual body of law has been around since the 1970s but it's implemented locally it's all implemented right here in the planning department trying to take state r
people are seeking the millions act property tax and that's encouraging. that in terms of the design guideline recommendation. this is an example of 750 second street a project that the task force felt was a again example of incorporating design guidelines and how they can benefit new construction within a historic district this was a project that was second-degree murder by the department staff as an example of construction. with that i'll turn it over to andrew >> thanks mike and thank...
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to the planning department were submitted on may 1st ace been forwarded to the assessor and property tax evaluation. the evaluation is for every property and the assessor offices are working for the evaluation of all properties. this was exhibit d and c for the webster street property. the evictions will be approveed. the article 11 building the historic architect they submit their plantation for the structure report. this is required as the property exceeded the $5 million thresholds. the department staff have worked with the project plan. they want 0 repair the up banks and the observation of the sheet metal and reglazing all historic windows. the maintenance requires care for the roof and window and the concrete walls. the rehabilitation contract reflects the h pc contract based on the following items. the property is a designated resource. after reviewing the plan they have the contract and necessary keeping with the secretary it does for rehabilitation and the property meets the exemption career and the historic report shows the historic work to be done on the property. moving into
to the planning department were submitted on may 1st ace been forwarded to the assessor and property tax evaluation. the evaluation is for every property and the assessor offices are working for the evaluation of all properties. this was exhibit d and c for the webster street property. the evictions will be approveed. the article 11 building the historic architect they submit their plantation for the structure report. this is required as the property exceeded the $5 million thresholds. the...
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involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then fled back to california after high school. i went to school at uc santa barbara. i have been in san francisco since 1989, have lived in the excelsior since 1999. the difficulty is, muni often sees it as an industrial area, not a neighborhood. we have to figure out how to make it work as a neighborhood and as a place that can service the light rail vehicles. i have had lots of different jobs. my main job has been doing social work for san francisco state university. i have been a community organizer, a social worker, but i have also been a legislative aide. i worked mostly for community- based organi
involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old. i moved to the east coast and lived there for six years and then...
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item four presentation and discussion on board of supervisors file number 130781, special finance taxing law. we have with us >> thank you for having us here today. i welcome the opportunity to talk to you about the mandatory soft story retro fit program. the ordinance that you see before you, what i wanted to do was explain about what we're working on here that will be at the board right now. to give you some context i think some of you may be familiar with the requirements of the soft story ordinance, but to give you an idea of what the requirements entail, it's looking at the building stocks that we saw significant damage in after the loma earth quake. we've noticed an issue for years and have been trying to deal with this in a comprehensive way that the conducive to the property owners and small businesses that are in them. we think this affects roughly 6,000 businesses that have been -- 6,000 buildings that have been noticed and about half would be required to retro fit. about 7,000 local employees. we've seen from other devastating earthquakes around the world that these small busi
item four presentation and discussion on board of supervisors file number 130781, special finance taxing law. we have with us >> thank you for having us here today. i welcome the opportunity to talk to you about the mandatory soft story retro fit program. the ordinance that you see before you, what i wanted to do was explain about what we're working on here that will be at the board right now. to give you some context i think some of you may be familiar with the requirements of the soft...
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how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one of his talks to the people, "the test is not whether we have more, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little". it's a different philosophy than that which we have become used to. what i am going to show you is a lost civilization. it's a strange place. and yet, it becomes oddly familiar after a while because we built it and use it every day without knowing it. it has been buried. the living new deal project is like an archaeological dig. we are going after the new deal in california, but hope to extend throughout the u
how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it has these quotes from roosevelt on the wall. he said in one...
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those are the most significant generateers of property tax revenue. and the housing can be built anywhere in the city under the replacement housing obligation. the one for replacement -- the law allows for the housing to be built in the former agency. >> second question. so i was looking through all of the documents and they don't actually have -- i'm sure it changes overtime -- affordable level when we talk about moderate income level, are those levels paid to anything anywhere? >> first of all, the housing has to meet the community standards for affordable housing which generally is under 120 percent of income. s p2113 has an additional requirement that 50 percent of the housing that would be completed has to be available to and occupied by they low income households which are 50 percent. those current levels for example for 50 percent of meeting income for a three person house come in san francisco is 50,000 per year. that's the income level for a household of three to qualify for very low. 50 percent of the units that are funded as i said have to
those are the most significant generateers of property tax revenue. and the housing can be built anywhere in the city under the replacement housing obligation. the one for replacement -- the law allows for the housing to be built in the former agency. >> second question. so i was looking through all of the documents and they don't actually have -- i'm sure it changes overtime -- affordable level when we talk about moderate income level, are those levels paid to anything anywhere? >>...
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i have a real problem with that and i'm really concerned especially when we talk about sale's tax and there may be some data that indicates that sale's tax is paid by people who aren't necessarily resident of the city, but what bothers me is people who visit the city are increasingly deciding not to visit the city because of a couple of things. the sunday meetings, the sale's tax, the fees at the restaurants for healthy assess and all of these other things. i constantly hear complaints and these are in the east bay and how oakland are changing their restaurant scene and making changes and people are choosing to stay home rather than visiting san francisco. i don't want us to begin, i guess, nickel and dime people out of wanting to participate in what's happening in san francisco. when we look at sale's tax as a possible recommendation, i have concerns and i don't see any desire for me as a resident to support that as well. and when i talk about -- when i specifically mention public housing resident, as i said before, many of them truly rely on public transportation. when you say that
i have a real problem with that and i'm really concerned especially when we talk about sale's tax and there may be some data that indicates that sale's tax is paid by people who aren't necessarily resident of the city, but what bothers me is people who visit the city are increasingly deciding not to visit the city because of a couple of things. the sunday meetings, the sale's tax, the fees at the restaurants for healthy assess and all of these other things. i constantly hear complaints and...
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on laughed, taxing on security and neighborhood. so having a staggered approach, not every venue should be able to go to 4:00 a.m. and i agree with that. bars go to a certain point and maybe there is a clear definition of those industries and subcategories are. absolutely it's a necessary tool for us to make sure that we limit the amount of violence that happens every night. >> that's a difficult question for law enforcement standpoint. i think it's a good time for another trivia question. [ laughter ] which seated commissioner was tinker bell at disneyland. we take pride in ourselves to the police department to be very open minded and i think that most of the venues that deals with the security or patrons or entrepreneurs will know that we are very open minded and we listen to all concerns. this is a hot topic and it would be a drain on our resources if they stayed open until 4:00. a.m.. it -- a study was done in the norwegian studies and this determined there was more crime. you know in las vegas they stay open 24 hours a day and
on laughed, taxing on security and neighborhood. so having a staggered approach, not every venue should be able to go to 4:00 a.m. and i agree with that. bars go to a certain point and maybe there is a clear definition of those industries and subcategories are. absolutely it's a necessary tool for us to make sure that we limit the amount of violence that happens every night. >> that's a difficult question for law enforcement standpoint. i think it's a good time for another trivia...
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of stakeholders to tackle this issue in the same way he brought people together to address business tax and pension reform and affordable housing so this comes from a string of successful collaborative efforts to solve difficult problems. fortunately he tabbed two people in the system and monique, the city deputy controller who really has done the lion share of the work on top of a big day job to have this thrust upon her and really taken it on. that has been a great thing for the city. we're lucky enough to have monique here and i'll give you an over view of where the task force is as it finishes up its work and it's a tremendous thing that's happening for san francisco and the mayor has been able to on reconvene that. i want to introduce monique. >> thank you for having me here. it's nice to be here. as mr. reiskin said the task force was created by the mayor and we have members of the task force who represent the operators in the area represent business and labor advocates of transportation of streets head by transit of course and we are trying to come together with consensus to iden
of stakeholders to tackle this issue in the same way he brought people together to address business tax and pension reform and affordable housing so this comes from a string of successful collaborative efforts to solve difficult problems. fortunately he tabbed two people in the system and monique, the city deputy controller who really has done the lion share of the work on top of a big day job to have this thrust upon her and really taken it on. that has been a great thing for the city. we're...
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they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver their babies at the hospital, at general hospital. we also have the wic program, which is a program that provides food vouchers for our families after t
they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we...
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>> i think that when we talk about raising fees or taxes, we always have to come at it from a very balanced approach. we have a lot of homeownerses, we have a lot of tenants in the city. and, so, again balance is really key. i think we also have to approach the budget and some tough fiscal issues looking at the city-wide budget as a whole and not just looking at specific sectors or issue areas that we real have i to look at the city's financial standing as a whole for the long term. that's really important and that's definitely what drives a lot of my decision-making process. and i think it's also tougher in san francisco because we really are held to a very high standard where we have to balance the budget every single fiscal year. we cannot run into a deficit in the new fiscal year. we cannot print more money. we are held to a high standard by our charter and, so, i think that's why these tough decisions are made every year rent. >> what other issues do you feel are facing san francisco? >> i think for san francisco and also elsewhere, one of the biggest issues right now is really how do
>> i think that when we talk about raising fees or taxes, we always have to come at it from a very balanced approach. we have a lot of homeownerses, we have a lot of tenants in the city. and, so, again balance is really key. i think we also have to approach the budget and some tough fiscal issues looking at the city-wide budget as a whole and not just looking at specific sectors or issue areas that we real have i to look at the city's financial standing as a whole for the long term....
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people not knowing we pay the same taxes and have the same obliterations as the rest of the americans. so what can the city and a tech destroy do. that's why the silicon leadership group who have all those members to make sure that all clusters emphasize the need for all immigration. we want to get to one more person >> i'm here actually, i went through the exact same issue i was a foreign student and it took me looked at to get the green card. i'm not sure in the category i see less than 20 thousand people in america - the question i have why people say the farm worker when you look at the - they have the h1 b visa which means allowing both people can go to singapore and go to the u.s. to work and they never have a problem and they can stay here for long. why is there an exception to >> good afternoon and welcome to the department of building inspection's brown bag lunch. we depo this every third thursday here at the department of building inspection. we have an interesting topic today about preventative home maintenance. and we'll talk about what that means a little bit. i have two
people not knowing we pay the same taxes and have the same obliterations as the rest of the americans. so what can the city and a tech destroy do. that's why the silicon leadership group who have all those members to make sure that all clusters emphasize the need for all immigration. we want to get to one more person >> i'm here actually, i went through the exact same issue i was a foreign student and it took me looked at to get the green card. i'm not sure in the category i see less than...
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which means in practical terms we have to cut from somewhere else or raise taxes. and the picture of retiree health care where we can fund health care on 3 percent of people's annual salaries is a little bit rosy. it's not something we can really bet on with health care costs and benefit costs rising at the, you know, 3 and 44 percent. salaries rising at 3 and 4 percent rather. its far greater than the pace of inflation and greater than the contributions >> so we have a little bit of time level overview left are supervisor farrell when i started working on prop a it was important in san francisco. i made sure we assaulted with our labor and all communities. i'm proud to say we have the support of every member of the board of supervisors and the democratic party here in san francisco and the republican party in san francisco. swms the harvey milk club and every single every elected official in is no. this is building on prop c we passed in 2011 and if we can pass prop b we'll pass at the ballot and something we should be product u proud of >> thank you, mr. murphy.
which means in practical terms we have to cut from somewhere else or raise taxes. and the picture of retiree health care where we can fund health care on 3 percent of people's annual salaries is a little bit rosy. it's not something we can really bet on with health care costs and benefit costs rising at the, you know, 3 and 44 percent. salaries rising at 3 and 4 percent rather. its far greater than the pace of inflation and greater than the contributions >> so we have a little bit of time...
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. >>> a tax on sugary drinks, we have new information and a response from the beverage industry. >>> keeping shoppers in chinatown safe. those stories next. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. . >> in hopes of making shoppers feel safer, a businessman is bringing in private security. kron4's dan kerman has more. >> we hope that residents, merchants and patrons feel safer. >> reporter: he is the one who will pay for the guard for the next year from the bank. he is thanking the patrons of the bank. >> as much as i want to have mugs and pens and beach balls, we felt the community could use this mo
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sure there's prosperity for all >> san francisco is always facing cuts and whether or not to increase taxes how will you approach those. well, that first of all, i'd like to say as i mentioned earlier when i was the executive director of an organization and being on the budget committee for 8 years. one of the things i've learned from being an administrator i does not - my values would be we don't spend more than what we have and if we don't have enough there's two things you can do you can cut things or look for more revenues. for me, i would be taking the same approach how to generate more revenues for the services the city needs. and if we need to cut we don't have the revenues where do we cut. those are some basic things i believe we need to protect the safety net forepeople that are the most vulnerable and education issues would be very high on my priority particularly childcare. the services for zero to 5. it's a benefit for not only the young but also for the working parents >> you mentioned varies needs for people that are vulnerable in the city what do you think about the housing n
sure there's prosperity for all >> san francisco is always facing cuts and whether or not to increase taxes how will you approach those. well, that first of all, i'd like to say as i mentioned earlier when i was the executive director of an organization and being on the budget committee for 8 years. one of the things i've learned from being an administrator i does not - my values would be we don't spend more than what we have and if we don't have enough there's two things you can do you...
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the way that they operate the costs is not our concern, we are based on receipts after the parking tax. >> and i understand that we want to help to be efficient and just looking in the port perspective, you are looking at gross receipts. am i not correct. >> we are, and there is not, a real wide margin operating in the parking lots and we found that out when we have had the operators that could not make the minimum rent payments and we have had go back in and we are, you know, we are going into the other forms to have the lease enforced and so, there is, just not a huge amount of spread between these, and we think of financially viable operator would be the best way to go, and part of this, the way to consolidate the lots we thought that will attract a higher level of... >> i totally agree that you want to have a financially viable operator and i think that is important and we have to layout security because of the security department and everything what exactly we mean by the financially viable operator regardless if they are an lbe or not. >> this is a beautifully prepared whatever y
the way that they operate the costs is not our concern, we are based on receipts after the parking tax. >> and i understand that we want to help to be efficient and just looking in the port perspective, you are looking at gross receipts. am i not correct. >> we are, and there is not, a real wide margin operating in the parking lots and we found that out when we have had the operators that could not make the minimum rent payments and we have had go back in and we are, you know, we...
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for that growth and we are the only couldn't in the state of california that had the payroll tax to chu and i and kim got together with tweeter and thought we could forge something but not just give it to them therefore we looked at the whole of market street. we used to having some great places on market street and i understand some of the history that occurred there part of it was because we didn't do transportation well, that caused a lot of the businesses downfall so we survived with a challenge we we felt maybe this was the way to do is it is create an area where we can provide that tax break but only if you locate this and deliver on the jobs you promised. that was a good 2-way street that started an important conversation 0 how we talk with new companies and visit them in do seduce their needs. we have today 4 thousand 8 hundred technical companies because. and i count every single one of the folks that work there >> the consumption on mid market goes from 10 the street to an. we got some pretty good skews because with tweeter and one king plain they all came about 5 to 7 of
for that growth and we are the only couldn't in the state of california that had the payroll tax to chu and i and kim got together with tweeter and thought we could forge something but not just give it to them therefore we looked at the whole of market street. we used to having some great places on market street and i understand some of the history that occurred there part of it was because we didn't do transportation well, that caused a lot of the businesses downfall so we survived with a...
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this is not for the taxes benefit. it's medicine. that's all it is. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the publy who'd like to comment? and if not, we can close public comment. public comment is now closed and this legislation is before us live. i think supervisor wiener you have a question about some of the language in the ordinance? >> yes. to mr. star, we were just discussing about the notation for mcd's that's c hash tag which, my understanding that means the conditional use if it's within 500 feet of another mcd? >> correct. actually that's probably a typo. it should probably say p hash tag which brings you to the back of that section that says if you're within 500 feet it requires conditional use. if it's not within 500 feet of another mcd it doesn't require conditional use. >> is that an amendment we should... >> i would recommend making that amendment to clarify. >> right now it says c hash tag, the hash tag brings you to the end of the zoning section and gives you the description if the mcd is within 500 feet of another mcd it requires conditiona
this is not for the taxes benefit. it's medicine. that's all it is. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members of the publy who'd like to comment? and if not, we can close public comment. public comment is now closed and this legislation is before us live. i think supervisor wiener you have a question about some of the language in the ordinance? >> yes. to mr. star, we were just discussing about the notation for mcd's that's c hash tag which, my understanding that means...
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jackson with us tonight. [ applause ] >> who has commissioner noted looks like a million dollars before taxes. and we are honored to have doris ward with us tonight. [ applause ] >> and i can't emphasize enough how critical and how influential and how just fundamental these three people have been and are to the work of civil rights and human rights in san francisco. [ applause ] i would also like to recognize someone who is very special to us, the commissioners, forward hrc commissioner who was present at the 1963 march on washington. she is here with her husband. flees join us in honoring frankie jill e t and maxwell. >> before we go to this year's nominees and awardees, i would like to recognize the nominees for this year's awards who were ultimately not selected but who because of their tr work were nominated by their contemporaries, their contemporaries in the community. dr. caesar churchwell. [ applause ] officer fred crisp. [ applause ] >> mr. michael mcenolate. [ applause ] >> so at this point i will ask miss polk who is a staff member for the hrc who is fundamentally responsible for t
jackson with us tonight. [ applause ] >> who has commissioner noted looks like a million dollars before taxes. and we are honored to have doris ward with us tonight. [ applause ] >> and i can't emphasize enough how critical and how influential and how just fundamental these three people have been and are to the work of civil rights and human rights in san francisco. [ applause ] i would also like to recognize someone who is very special to us, the commissioners, forward hrc...
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paid hoof taxes. the short answer is yeah, the silicon valley if that were not true. it would be like the - i know i've spent a lot of time with interesting people from all over the world and their successful people and their passionate about being here and their contributing to the economy >> i like to give the example of football. imagine the 49ers and we're going to be playing with another team but what if it is other team had 13 or fourteen people. we have to see the u.s. as a team are the other countries and we're limiting the team on the field and if canada is allowing their team to to compete against us. to not allow the 49ers to come to the game is not making sense. you want to have the largest team i can in order to beat the competition and so i have this commercial in their head. all those comments immigrants are lazy and taking our jobs. imagine the same comments have been made as each immigration wave like the italians and now the mexicans but somehow they've contributed to society and we'
paid hoof taxes. the short answer is yeah, the silicon valley if that were not true. it would be like the - i know i've spent a lot of time with interesting people from all over the world and their successful people and their passionate about being here and their contributing to the economy >> i like to give the example of football. imagine the 49ers and we're going to be playing with another team but what if it is other team had 13 or fourteen people. we have to see the u.s. as a team...
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this is not tax deductible. we do not care. and they rebuilt some houses. the problem with most people is they could not even teardown their homes. but this is the burning man twist. i love telling this story. being who they were, the culture, at the end of each day, the landscape was strewn with debris. you have to seeing the pictures. they gather up the debris, at night, they turn it into a bonfire. that is part of our culture. then locals started to come around and one woman said, i have never seen anything like this. i have never seen anything like this, but i like it. pretty soon, they were making art. fema is not going to do that for you. and that was just a spontaneous effort. now it has expanded around the world. this came out of burning man, this wild, crazy party. >> let us start over here with a question. >> i would like to ask a question about dpw. the people that build infrastructure. i want to know why they do not get workers' comp when they are injured. >> of course they do. who told you they did not? >> my friends who work for dpw. they did
this is not tax deductible. we do not care. and they rebuilt some houses. the problem with most people is they could not even teardown their homes. but this is the burning man twist. i love telling this story. being who they were, the culture, at the end of each day, the landscape was strewn with debris. you have to seeing the pictures. they gather up the debris, at night, they turn it into a bonfire. that is part of our culture. then locals started to come around and one woman said, i have...
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there's tube citywide tax credits it caught after this was published. the sequa regulation has b there been an attempt to do a budget for a citywide survey and a tim with the staff. we've mauled over a few numbers but nothing concrete >> so when we're talking about a citywide level it's hard to understand what kind of of an effort if we don't know the details la is going into their 7th survey and they're going to be done before we start. on the property owners prospective there's a lot of misinformation of what it means to be surveyed. without your property being surveyed your going to to go through the interior sequa process every time so having a citywide survey could make that process smoother and quicker. and last i would like to understand with jane kim's follow on legislation on sequa if there's any per view that the h pc can have on the resources that are not under articles 10 or leveling and whether the ar c can hear those. i believe there might be some ability to bring some of that to the ar c. that's a question for staff. >> thank you, mr. fry
there's tube citywide tax credits it caught after this was published. the sequa regulation has b there been an attempt to do a budget for a citywide survey and a tim with the staff. we've mauled over a few numbers but nothing concrete >> so when we're talking about a citywide level it's hard to understand what kind of of an effort if we don't know the details la is going into their 7th survey and they're going to be done before we start. on the property owners prospective there's a lot of...
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our cities to make sure we have the kids to take those wonderful jobs and so i hate to us the word taxes by how can we crate of the revenue that the fed's have left us to do. we're in poverty and we need our cities to step up >> thank you, mayor lee. >> (laughter) . well, that first of all, we have is a pretty r06b9 budget and we do - by the way, i think in order to depreciate the kind of revenue we first of all, begin with the basics we have to have a strong business approach to our budget so creating that san francisco in the industry was small business owner something i spent a lot of time. i tackled pension reform and created a trust fund so start paying for the mandatory that would hurt us dead on arrival down the road. so we contact talk about stuff until we've built an san francisco. today we've done all the things that insurance companies and other fails i failures of other cities across the country didn't pay attention to all those mandates we put them into the mix and now we do 2 year budgeting and we've got 4 reserve accounts for the city. now that we've done that companies ca
our cities to make sure we have the kids to take those wonderful jobs and so i hate to us the word taxes by how can we crate of the revenue that the fed's have left us to do. we're in poverty and we need our cities to step up >> thank you, mayor lee. >> (laughter) . well, that first of all, we have is a pretty r06b9 budget and we do - by the way, i think in order to depreciate the kind of revenue we first of all, begin with the basics we have to have a strong business approach to...
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i have enjoyed being on that and have awe cemented all the revenue and tax code and the assessment manual. and, in fact, i can help others understand the maudlin. i've worked with don our city attorney and assessor and now chu and their staffs. kwoild i was what a supervisor last night and will be happy to respond to any questions >> any questions. thank you very much >> how many years have you served. 2, 3 year terms >> and till when you serve on that that i have a few more questions. that's fine >> so maybe you can illustrate or walk me through some of the accomplishments you were able to make in the last 6 years. >> i retired in 07 at the height of the real estate market and, of course, my initial term and part of my second term was seeing the decline in the real estate market. i've had the opportunity to see every type of declining in property. i think in my background i understand the commercial properties downtown whether they be over or there $50 million. and bill willing to bear with my colleagues the statement board office and most importantly the assessment representatives with
i have enjoyed being on that and have awe cemented all the revenue and tax code and the assessment manual. and, in fact, i can help others understand the maudlin. i've worked with don our city attorney and assessor and now chu and their staffs. kwoild i was what a supervisor last night and will be happy to respond to any questions >> any questions. thank you very much >> how many years have you served. 2, 3 year terms >> and till when you serve on that that i have a few more...
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choices on everything from escalating pension costs to reforming our unfair job punishing business tax. we've injected a healthy dose of fiscal discipline with two-year budgeting, five-year financial planning, and a 10-year capital plan to get to us this point. but it's been worth it. san francisco's credit ratings have been upgraded by every rating agency in the past year, making our tax dollars go further when we deliver capital projects, and giving our city even more investor confidence. so, now it is not the time to take our eyes off the ball. we have to continue reforms to protect our city's economic recovery and make our city safe, solvent, and successful. like taking meaningful action to address our $4.4 billion of unfunded retiree health care liability. thank you, supervisor mark farrell, for taking this on. you have my full support on this important issue. (applause) >> while reforms and sacrifices have spared us deep cuts we've experienced during the deepest part of our economic downturn, we still have much work to do. this year's projected $123.6 million general fund shortfa
choices on everything from escalating pension costs to reforming our unfair job punishing business tax. we've injected a healthy dose of fiscal discipline with two-year budgeting, five-year financial planning, and a 10-year capital plan to get to us this point. but it's been worth it. san francisco's credit ratings have been upgraded by every rating agency in the past year, making our tax dollars go further when we deliver capital projects, and giving our city even more investor confidence. so,...
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and shoot a movie unfortunately, we only get background work because they don't want to pay all the taxes. yes. i support in but i also support my coworkers here janet mentioned why is there a cap. if we want them to come and spend their money on hotels and restaurants ail those businesses and they will - the more movies that are made here the more money the city will make as well. so we like the extra work but we want more. i don't want to be a sieve actor with an extra job i want to be a thooifr actor and not wondering how to get to la to make a living in what i do >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm rosy i'm working on a web series. i developed this production with 3 other women producers slashing actors who are tired of going down to la. so we created this and i'm the producer who development the budget for is it and merged had some talent from la. this is truly about living in the bay area in developing that budget i realize there are a lot of obstacles so people shoot movies elsewhere. the tax incentive likewise small budget such as a ourselves to bring talent here and me
and shoot a movie unfortunately, we only get background work because they don't want to pay all the taxes. yes. i support in but i also support my coworkers here janet mentioned why is there a cap. if we want them to come and spend their money on hotels and restaurants ail those businesses and they will - the more movies that are made here the more money the city will make as well. so we like the extra work but we want more. i don't want to be a sieve actor with an extra job i want to be a...
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meanwhile there is no tax in the city and other start ups for potential millionaires involved. the needs to the city are not being met . i went out and lobbied to the san francisco labor council about this particular resolution. certainly if we get the labor community behind you. some of the labor units have housing funds that they have ways of helping to support this type of housing. i think it would be important that we reach out to them. and then we have to, there is money in this town. right down on montgomery street, the hotel and restaurant trade. the real estate interest are coining with money right now. there was a big problem at a demonstration south of market where seniors are being kicked out of their homes because of these twitter, yelp and other groups moving here. these people don't want to commute. they want to live in housing in the community. in the process they are kicking out seniors and disabled people. there was a senior couple in chinatown. there is a lot of stake holders involved and there is a lot of help out there. thank you. >> thank you. if i may make
meanwhile there is no tax in the city and other start ups for potential millionaires involved. the needs to the city are not being met . i went out and lobbied to the san francisco labor council about this particular resolution. certainly if we get the labor community behind you. some of the labor units have housing funds that they have ways of helping to support this type of housing. i think it would be important that we reach out to them. and then we have to, there is money in this town....
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miles by manufacturing is going to take a completely different road and how good policies not only tax breaks by where zoning is and to find space to match where people are. we're lucky to be in the city we have to do it right things to keep this momentum going. it's critical this time period but we must have those meeting with our technology leader so with that i'd like to introduce chris anderson 3-d robotics (clapping) >> terrific thank you. and thank you for coming. a so as the mayor said this is part of a listening tour that's part of the forum is to help with the policies and the mayor staff about what they should be doing to advance what we know it is a growing movement. the manufacturing is cool again. things have changed this is not the 1970s or the sort of grinding san mateo task miles. it's digital manufacturing made it to the desktop. and it looks like software but it's in it's innovations side looked like hardware. we're fortunate to have a number of panel itself but it's important to talk about what the future looks like in the bay area to get our questions and the mayor'
miles by manufacturing is going to take a completely different road and how good policies not only tax breaks by where zoning is and to find space to match where people are. we're lucky to be in the city we have to do it right things to keep this momentum going. it's critical this time period but we must have those meeting with our technology leader so with that i'd like to introduce chris anderson 3-d robotics (clapping) >> terrific thank you. and thank you for coming. a so as the mayor...